A reading list that delves into some of the most powerful tellings of queer realities, stories, and imaginings within CanLit. Experience the depth and diversity of Canada’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community, as a proud member, a questioner, or an ally. Here we are all readers, writers, and lovers of words.
Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival proudly creates space for conversations that highlight marginalized voices and the issues most relevant to them. This reading list includes festival alumni, Shani Mootoo, Casey Plett, Farzana Doctor, Sarah Kurchak, Zoe Whittall, and Adam Mardero, and we look forward to the new conversations and queer authors who will celebrate our 10th Edition with us this November.

Sodom Road Exit
by Amber Dawn

Crosshairs
by Catherine Hernandez

A History of My Brief Body
by Billy-Ray Belcourt

It Was Never Going To Be Okay
by Jaye Simpson

Under My Skin
by Orville Lloyd Douglas

We Have Always Been Here
by Samra Habib

Cut To Fortress
By Tawahum Bige

Cane Fire
By Shani Mootoo

Polar Vortex
By Shani Mootoo

The Language We Were Never Taught To Speak
By Grace Lau

Angry Queer Somali Boy
By Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali

Sister Seen, Sister Heard
By Kimia Eslah

The Family Way
By Christopher Diraddo

Rave
By Jessica Campbell

Claimings and Other Wild Things
By Nyx (Noelle) Schmidt

Fierce Femmes And Notorious Liars
By Kai Cheng Thom

A Dream of A Woman
By Casey Plett

Little Fish
By Casey Plett

The Pull of The Stars
By Emma Donoghue

Butter Honey Pig Bread
By Francesca Ekwuyasi

Personal Attention Roleplay
By Helen Chau Bradley

Care Of
By Ivan Coyote

Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead
By Emily Austin

Tegan & Sara
Modern Heartthrobs
ByMelody Lau

Letters to Amelia
By Lindsay Zier-Vogel

You Still Look The Same
By Farzana Doctor

Stealing Nasreen
By Farzana Doctor

I Overcame My Autism
And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder
By Sarah Kurchak

The Fake
By Zoe Whittall

People Change
By Vivek Shraya

Burning Sugar
By Cicely Belle Blain

Indigiqueerness
By Joshua Whitehead

Peyakow
By Darrel J. McLeod

A Two-Spirit Journey
By Ma-Nee Chacaby

Uncommon Sense
By Adam Mardero